FTP from unstructured ride higher than adaptive FTP

TrainerRoad Software
1

This past Saturday I had a 2 hour threshold workout scheduled but because of the TdFf events on zwift I decided to ride the col de la Madeleine.

I held 302 watts for 52 mins which prompted zwift and intervals.icu to increase my eftp from 286 to 300.

On Monday I was eligible for an adaptive ai ftp calculation and when I did it trainerroad only bumped my ftp to 291.

I did a vo2 max workout this morning (Wilhelm) based on the 291 ftp and the rpe was a 2/5.

What should I be doing according to how the platform is meant to be used?

1 Like
2
  1. Use 300W for your FTP.
  2. Ignore the power ceiling for your VO2max workouts, just go hard enough for the duration.
2 Likes
4

Thanks for the response Caro!

I’m absolutely loving Trainerroad and have been zealous about following the plan. Doing the unstructured ride that provided the ftp bump was the first non Trainerroad prescribed ride/workout I’ve done in months. So the platform really works for me.

But, (for now) the draw of that big round number is too much for me to let go of haha. I’m going to manually adjust to 300w and go from there.

1 Like
5

Welcome @Ghengiscone!!

Hehe, sounds good :slight_smile: Glad to hear you’re seeing the gains of training!

6

Congrats! I had a very similar thing happen recently, except my AI FTP was 274, and I did a ramp test and got to 298. Trying to figure out where to set my FTP and this is helpful… Hard to not go with the higher number :face_with_tongue:

1 Like